22/04/2026
HAWKESBURY BUSINESS AWARDS IS CANCELLED FOR 2026
After 7 years of running successful networking, expos, conferences and 4 awards seasons, we have made the decision to close the Hawkesbury Business Events brand.
Through our events, we have seen:
- Networking across the entire region including Colo, Bilpin, Grose Vale and Pitt Town.
- Sole traders in remote towns and with family responsibilities make lasting friendships and business connections.
- Our local businesses educated about many topics including legal compliance with trading names registered as a result.
- Local businesses that many didn’t know existed become the talk of the town.
- Celebration of what makes us the Hawkesbury as a community and an economic powerhouse.
- So many other positive things, we can not list them all here.
Our whole team are proud of these achievements. This brand was started out of a passion to promote all our region has to offer and achieve the things we have listed. But we now need to assess the time and financial cost running this brand takes, so that our company, Prismatic Group, is sustainable into the future. This brand does not make a profit, that was never the goal and the cost has been significant.
We have no regrets, we did our best and we did it for the right reasons. But we have received ongoing public criticism that has also taken a toll on our team.
So we are retiring this brand and focusing on our core business through prismaticgroupau providing lighting and audio, plus Reliable Event & Styling Hire. We will also be running our other events brands including The BIG Bush Dance, Nomad Festival and others we will be announcing over the coming weeks.
The Hawkesbury is our home, the majority of our team live here and our head office remains in South Windsor. We are not leaving, just refocusing on our business that provides local employment opportunities.
Thank you to everyone that has supported us on this journey, including our sponsors The Hawkesbury District Independent Magazine. Thank you as well to everyone who shared our posts, attended our events or presented at our conferences. Every contribution builds a community and we appreciate you all.